Filthy Rich Fae

Filthy Rich Fae blends the conventions of urban fantasy and paranormal romance, grounding its supernatural plot in a contemporary, real-world city. In urban fantasy, magical or mythological beings exist alongside modern life, and the genre often incorporates elements of crime fiction and noir. Popular urban fantasy novels include Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere, which imagines a magical realm beneath London, and Jim Butcher’s Storm Front, which is the first book in his Dresden Files series and features a wizard in modern Chicago. Filthy Rich Fae follows in this tradition by depicting the Gage family as a supernatural crime syndicate that controls New Orleans.

The novel also draws on the conventions of paranormal romance, a subgenre in which a central romantic relationship involves a human and a supernatural being. The plot’s focus on Cate Holloway, who believes herself to be a human woman and enters a magically binding relationship with Lachlan Gage, a fae prince, aligns with genre-defining works such as Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight. The human-supernatural romantic entanglements in paranormal romances are often marked by danger and transformation, and the relationship between Cate and Lachlan reflects this.